What is the Jerusalem School Hypothesis (JSH)?
JSHThe JSH adopts the Lukan priority hypothesis for the triple tradition and a Q hypothesis for the double tradition. Accordingly, the JSH is one of the few theories that posit that Luke was written first among the synoptics though based on a “First Reconstruction.” Mark was based on Luke, and Matthew then used Mark. Furthermore Matthew and Luke independently copied a non-extant sayings source called the “Anthology.” The JSH is popular among a group of scholars mostly living in Jerusalem. This group, fluent in Hebrew, is interested in approaching the synoptic problem from the point of view of a Semitic substratum. The JSH’s founder, the late Robert Lindsey, adopted the Lukan priority hypothesis when he prepared a translation of Mark into Hebrew, because he found that the phrases of Mark that are not adapted to the Semitic idiom were by-and-large missing from Luke.
The JSH adopts the Lukan priority hypothesis for the triple tradition and a Q hypothesis for the double tradition. Accordingly, the JSH is one of the few theories that posit that Luke was written first among the synoptics though based on a “First Reconstruction.” Mark was based on Luke, and Matthew then used Mark. Furthermore Matthew and Luke independently copied a non-extant sayings source called the “Anthology.” The JSH is popular among a group of scholars mostly living in Jerusalem. This group, fluent in Hebrew, is interested in approaching the synoptic problem from the point of view of a Semitic substratum. The JSH’s founder, the late Robert Lindsey, adopted the Lukan priority hypothesis when he prepared a translation of Mark into Hebrew, because he found that the phrases of Mark that are not adapted to the Semitic idiom were by-and-large missing from Luke.
